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The Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills complex stands in the Thompsonville area of western Enfield, Connecticut, separated from the Connecticut River by a railroad right-of-way. On nearly 23 acres (9.3 ha) of land stand seven large brick buildings, dating from about 1895 to 1928, the height of the company's operations in Thompsonville.
The Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills were the largest employer in Enfield for many years, and one of the largest textile firms in the state. Founded in 1828 by Orrin Thompson on the banks of Freshwater Brook, the company became one of the nation's largest manufacturers of carpeting, employing more than 13,000 workers in Thompsonville at its height in the 1920s.
The Middletown Times, daily newspaper in Middletown during 1913-1914 [6] or during 1914-January 1915 [4] The Middletown Tribune, Republican newspaper in Middletown, Connecticut including 1893-1906, daily ex. Sun [6] [4] News and Advertiser, including 1851-1854, weekly [4] Penny Press, including 1884-1939, daily ex. Sun. [4]
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Enfield was the headquarters of Pilch Meat Breeders, which was once the second-largest broiler breeder in the world. The company was founded by Chester Pilch in 1936, and sold in 1969 to DeKalb Agricultural Research Corp. At its peak, Pilch owned 230 acres in Enfield, had farms in four countries, and produced about 24 million chickens a year.
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The Enfield settlement, was founded in the 1780s, and lasted until 1917. There were three distinct centers of development, called "families" by the Shakers. [ 3 ] In 1930, 1600 acres of the former settlement were purchased by the State of Connecticut to establish a new prison farm[3]; eventually becoming the state's largest prison complex.
U.S. Route 5 (Enfield Street) is the main road through the village, leading north to Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and into Springfield, and south through East and South Windsor to East Hartford. Connecticut Route 190 crosses Route 5, leading west across the Connecticut River into Suffield and east to Hazardville .